h2xblive

Eh, I wasn't really thinking that specifically. I suppose you could take that message from it. I was just kind of boggled by it, and wanted to share. If anything, it doesn't make me feel better, because it makes me realize how unpredictable the admissions process is. You can get in on a surprise decision, or you can get rejected just as easily from a place where you should get in. This anecdote actually just made me want to add more target schools to my list....

Me too...if I had amazing soft factors. When I talked to someone from the UVA law school when they were on campus last year they said they accepted someone with a 154 LSAT score. I bet that person was directly responsible in creating those new HIV vaccines currently in drug trials.

A less extreme example: I recently met a student at UCLA Law that was admitted with a 158. She chalked it up to a spectacular PS, since she lacked any sort of AMAZING extracurriculara- in fact, she applied straight out of undergrad. UCLA is no Yale, but it's pretty high up there.